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Coventry City pack their bags to visit Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Sky Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Layer Road Ground was more than three years back, in February 2004, with Colchester U. running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a F.A. Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Mon 23 Oct | Coventry City | 2 - 1 | Colchester U. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 03 Feb | Colchester U. | 3 - 1 | Coventry City | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Jan | Coventry City | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | FAC |
| 2002/2003 | Wed 11 Sep | Coventry City | 3 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGEC |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 25 Apr | Coventry City | 1 - 0 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 19 Oct | Colchester U. | 2 - 1 | Coventry City | LGE1 |
| 1962/1963 | Tue 26 Feb | Coventry City | 2 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 6 to 5.
The away form of Coventry City is pretty dire, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. While the Sky Blues have hit 7 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Colchester U.'s 52 points from 36 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Coventry City find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 45 points from their 36 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 |
| Coventry City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the U's, as the Sky Blues have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Coventry City | Not won in previous 9 away matches. 4 games since last defeat. |